123456 Report post Posted September 9, 2012 So I figured I would post about my positive encounter with game and fish this weekend. My buddies and I were in unit 4b on the rifle antelope hunt this weekend. We scouted our butts off and it payed off with a goat that we wanted to shoot every since we first saw him. We closed the deal @ 9:30 am on opening morning. Since we planned on hunting for the whole week, we were left with that great feeling of, what do we do now? We decided to go and harrass the praire dogg towns that we knew of in the area. When we arrived at the first town, we barely left our truck when we were approached by a game warden. I believe he was from 3c. He asked us the typical questions about our hunt and was very polite. After he got the info he needed, he then asked what we were planning on doing now, we told him of our intent to shoot some praire dogs and maybe even head on over to another spot and shoot some band tailed pigeons. He then proceeded to tell us of a few more praire dog towns in the area. Told us to have a good time and have a good day. We hammered the snot out of the town that evening. Next morning, we decided to go and shoot more praire dogs. Showed up to the same spot, and wouldn't you know it, Game and Fish comes driving down the road before a shot is fired. This time it is the 4b manager. He asks how our hunt went, checked our licenses, looked at some pics of the antelope and then told us of even more towns of these little destructive critters. He had a great attitude and was pleasant to talk to. 4 hours and around a 100 rounds of ammo later, we had had our fill of praire dogs. Great weekend in the sticks came to an end, and I just wanted to post of a positve game and fish experience. Too often we hear about all the negative experiences and never of the positive ones. I love to see them out enforcing the laws, and being friendly toward law abiding hunters. Keep up the good work AzGFD. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted September 10, 2012 Excellent post - almost every encounter I've had with them has been very positve too. Now lets see some pix of that goat! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted September 10, 2012 Nice.! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted September 10, 2012 Great story.....now where are those prarie dogs??? Congrats on the goat.......pics???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trophyhnter Report post Posted September 10, 2012 Well said! Thanks for posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
200"mulie Report post Posted September 10, 2012 Everytime i've had an encounter with game and fish its always been positive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted September 10, 2012 A. Very nice on the antelope... Lets see it! B. See any elk? My dad has a hunt up there next week! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
123456 Report post Posted September 11, 2012 I am leaving it up to my buddy to post up his antelope pictures. We were so far north in the unit, we did not see many elk. I glassed a few cows in the burn on thursday, but that was it. If you are going to be up there hunting PM me and I will tell you where the praire dogs are. We hit 2 different colonies. One of them is less a good portion of their population though . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
second shot Report post Posted September 11, 2012 Good thread. I had a warden to my house once to check out a dead buck I brought back from the field. Couldn't have been a nicer guy and the buck still hangs on my wall. Never had a bad experience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
